4k Game Results

1. 4K Race Score: 8.40 with 20 votes Author: Paolo Ferraris Platform: Spectrum 128k Category: 4k "An excellent minigame!" -- gest. "Instantly appealing, the frame rate is impressive. Far better than most Spectrum driving games." -- Jonathan. "I know, this is my game, but I like it!" -- pieffe. "Great! I like this! Great graphic, very very good racing game! " -- maggio. "A 4k masterpiece" -- emg. "Excellent. Well done." -- Executioner. "Marvellous masterpiece, best speccy game in the compo. Superb and ultra-smooth graphics (even the tyres are animated!), fitting SFX, and excellent playabillity: My Tip for the Top!" -- manuel_rotschkar. "A very professional feel, and a good game overall. However, the perspective effect is really awkward, and I think more should have been invested in gameplay rather than graphics." -- GOC. "Good, scrolling graphics and controls, very polished, sound is a bit dull. I miss some variations, e.g. day/night/fog, slippery surface... Anyway, Nomen est Omen! :-)" -- tjentzsch. "Shame about the funny perspective, but easily the most fun of the 4k games." -- rus. "Good graphics and sound effects, and you really get a sense of speed as you race around the track. This game is great fun!" -- nich. "Moving background! It likes the Super Hang On! Super for 4k!" -- Povi.

2. Quadrillion Score: 7.96 with 23 votes Author: Csabo Platform: Plus/4 Category: 4k "Very good game, a little bit too hard for me (avoiding skulls is hard sometimes), but very nice one !" -- Dbug. "good game and with various color. " -- ice00. "nice colors, maybe the 2+ levels are too difficult too fast." -- newcoleco. "Very nice" -- pieffe. "Unconcerning the used machine, the ultimate specimen for all the 4k games ever!" -- lucaoffire. "Nice graphics. Good sound. Well polished game." -- Executioner. "Very well done." -- Aaron. "Flawless port of a brilliant concept. Thanks for bringing the memories back!" -- manuel_rotschkar. "Very nice idea - a brilliant dynamic logic game." -- GOC. "Nice game, clever and tricky (but not original!) puzzles, perfect controls, good graphics" -- tjentzsch. "What a brilliant game! The graphics and backgrounds are gorgeous, the levels are well designed, and the difficulty level is perfect." -- nich. "A very good concept that was very well executed. This game could pass as a commercial game with a few minor modifications." -- cador.

3. Little Sara Sister Score: 7.81 with 32 votes Author: Ice00 & Luca & iAN CooG Platform: Commodore 64 Category: 4k "This is what MiniGames are all about. Well done, guys. My only complaint would be that the controls could be more forgiving (e.g. control during jumps). Nice tune, Luca!" -- Csabo. "Good effort; graphics and motion/action is kinda clunky/primitive (e.g. need to add acceleration)." -- Wyndex. "Excellent scrolling platformer, feels slightly too fast for me but cries out to be developed further." -- Jonathan. "a right mix of music, graphics, and playing" -- ice00. "Good music and graphics, collision detection and jump speed a bit iffy." -- Executioner. "Nice graphics and music, but *much* too short. Controls average" -- tjentzsch. "A cute platform game which is quite faithful to The Great Giana Sisters. The music is quite good, but it's a shame that there are only two levels." -- nich. "Good graphics, music and gameplay. Should have had more than just two levels, though." -- gest. "nice graphics and music, well optimized, problem with the player movements." -- newcoleco. "Good music, nice attempt. But very bad handling" -- pieffe. "very very nice platform, GREAT graphics, only...to much fast" -- maggio. "Not bad, but the jump mechanics could use some tweaking." -- Aaron. "heehee looks familar...nice music, ok presentation, but not being able to move left or right after jump started was super frustrating" -- kirkjerk. "Good game - smooth moving, and a nice attempt. Recommended" -- love_policeman. "Impressive work with excellent music! Should have more than 2 levels, though..." -- manuel_rotschkar. "Nice, but only two short and easy levels was a bit disappointing." -- rus. "Great scroll" -- artaburu. "Fun. Addictive. Very good minigame." -- cador.

4. Area 51 Score: 7.59 with 22 votes Author: Jonathan Cauldwell Platform: Spectrum Category: 4k "Enjoyable Jet Set Willy clone. Very well done, more than deserves the top score. " -- Csabo. "I won't vote for my own game." -- Jonathan. "nice simple game, with a good music " -- ice00. "Excellent game. Very Manic Miner." -- Executioner. "Reminds me at C64 Alligator Blagger, quite nice, good music, tough, polished (except for "out of memory", emulator problem?)" -- tjentzsch. "How does this man cram such fantastic games into 4K? An excellent Manic Miner clone, even if it's too difficult for me. The music is beautiful as well." -- nich. "I enjoyed playing this game." -- gest. "Very good manic miner clone, with music" -- pieffe. "Nice, a Manic Miner in 4K." -- maggio. "Highly enjoyable Manic Miner type platformer - one of the most addictive games I've played in the competition" -- love_policeman. "Not my game, sorry. Nice animated GFX, yet quirky controls and horribly annoying music." -- manuel_rotschkar. "Another masterpiece.... Just make sure you don't run into Matthew Smith by any chance ;-)" -- GOC.

5. Seawolf Score: 7.55 with 22 votes Author: Manuel Rotschkar Platform: Atari 2600 Category: 4k "Nice gfx, especially liked the water waving effect. Good gameplay, ok sounds: well done!" -- Csabo. "very good. and nice graphics (the sun is a must)" -- ice00. "Excellent game. Nice graphics, sounds and gameplay." -- Executioner. "Very good, colorful and detailed graphics, nice music, polished, but the gameplay lacks some depth" -- tjentzsch. "A superb Atari game. Great title music, and the ships look very nice. Graphics: 9 SoundFx: 9 Gameplay: 7 Longevity: 8 Originality: 7" -- TROGDOR. "Great graphics and sound effects, and fast and furious action, make this an excellent and fun game, although selecting the difficulty level is confusing." -- nich. "Nice, colorful graphics and good gameplay." -- gest. "not bad" -- pieffe. "nice animation and color" -- kirkjerk. "Didn't rate it myself. Hope you like it!" -- manuel_rotschkar. "A simple, fun, and smooth game." -- GOC.

6. Cyclotron Score: 7.22 with 18 votes Author: Mickael Pointier Platform: Oric Category: 4k "Fancy execution, good gameplay. My favourite in the Oric bunch, well done!" -- Csabo. "Good for what it is." -- Jonathan. "Nice to have different mission (I like level3)" -- ice00. "Nice menus and effects. Quite playable." -- Executioner. "Cool, fast and stylish Tron variation, huge levels, very polished, lacks some sound" -- tjentzsch. "Very colourful - I didn't know that the Oric was capable of the graphical effects that are used in this game. It's fun to play as well." -- nich. "It's my own game, I don't vote." -- Dbug. "I like this game." -- pieffe. "An very professional feel and simple, but dynamic gameplay. A commercial release ?" -- GOC. "I like it very much!" -- artaburu.

7. FallDown Score: 7.18 with 22 votes Author: Aaron Curtis Platform: Atari 2600 Category: 4k "Nicely done, enjoyable game." -- Csabo. "I play a lot with this game. good " -- ice00. "Good game, but AI opponent is too hard.," -- Executioner. "Cool variation of an old game, very good chosen powerups, very challenging AI (I almost always lost ;-), simple but working graphics" -- tjentzsch. "A fun game. The AI is challenging, and very life-like. The difficulty levels work well. Graphics: 6 SoundFx: 5 Gameplay: 8 Longevity: 7 Originality: 7" -- TROGDOR. "A simple but addictive game. However, the computer AI is a bit too effective; it always beats me to the next platform!" -- nich. "Really funny game" -- pieffe. "Great deathmatch concept and AI...powerups aren't clear...and when does it end?" -- kirkjerk. "Nice variant - tough AI!" -- manuel_rotschkar. "A very nice and smooth game, a simple idea that generates frantic action." -- GOC.

8. Diamond Dash Score: 7.00 with 16 votes Author: Daniel Bienvenu Platform: Colecovision Category: 4k "Good game, but gets very hard after level 3." -- Executioner. "Fun to play, but too short. I want more levels! :-)" -- tjentzsch. "Nice puzzle" -- pieffe. "Very good." -- Aaron. "Attractive; nifty pseudophysics in terms of shockwave of dirt...almost odd that the guy is TNT-proof...and can fit through diaganol corners" -- kirkjerk. "The Colecovision enters the contest with a BANG! Brilliant and fresh concept, great fun. Can't wait for the full version!" -- manuel_rotschkar.

9. Hot_Logic Score: 7.00 with 19 votes Author: Eric_Wright Platform: NES Category: 4k "I like this.It's make you thinking.Good graphics" -- ice00. "Excellent Puzzle Game. Nice Graphics. Shame no sound." -- Executioner. "Cool, original idea. Levels start a bit too easy, but I like it!" -- tjentzsch. "funny" -- pieffe. "Interesting game." -- Aaron. "This game is really hot! Great idea (Inspired by Golden Sun?), great level design, great playbility!" -- manuel_rotschkar. "The gameplay is very nice, although the implementation and graphics leave something to be desired.... Nice work anyway." -- GOC.

10. Stack_Em Score: 6.94 with 17 votes Author: Arnauld Chevallier Platform: Intellivision Category: 4k "Good music and graphics." -- Executioner. "Ok, it's Columns again, but this one is done very good. Nice music too." -- tjentzsch. "Run well with MESS on my computer. Nice game. =)" -- newcoleco. "Defimitely better than mini columns" -- pieffe. "Very nice presentation, especially the graphics." -- kirkjerk. "Good columns clone. Better than the Amstrad one imo." -- Aaron. "Another solid port of columns. Good music!" -- manuel_rotschkar. "Nice music!" -- artaburu.

11. Realms of Quest II Score: 6.50 with 22 votes Author: Ghislain de Blois Platform: VIC-20 Category: 4k "Very ambitious. The documentation doesn't "P" under keyboard commands." -- Csabo. "Very difficult to survive; impressive for VIC." -- Wyndex. "Long Live the VIc 20! Adventure games like this are quite fun." -- Denial. "nice adventures with graphics and sound effect" -- ice00. "Not bad, but I'm not a great fan of these type of games." -- Executioner. "As with Dunjon II, I'm not a fan of Dungeons & Dragons, so I didn't really like this game. However, the size of the area you can explore is extremely impressive." -- nich. "Unbelievable, There never were games like this on the Vic before. This has to be this years Top Winner!" -- Anara. "Nice conversion." -- newcoleco. "Isn't it too hard?" -- pieffe. "Neat, But no match for Minima." -- manuel_rotschkar. "Another RPG for the VIC... quite cute and somewhat impressive, but if this gets the first place, I *swear* I'll commit suicide !!!" -- GOC.

12. Only You Score: 6.45 with 22 votes Author: Jeff Daniels Platform: VIC-20 Category: 4k "Well done, interesting game. Giving a bit more time (for earlier levels anyway) would have been nice." -- Csabo. "I rather enjoyed this game; good presentation, too." -- Wyndex. "Hate the theme (yuck), but the game's none the worse for it. Bonus mode was a clever addition." -- Jonathan. "Have you ever found yourself caught in love? Love themed games are risky and rare." -- Denial. "good game engine with nice graphics" -- ice00. "Not bad. Some instructions would have been nice." -- Executioner. "Graphics ok, nice music, but too hard (not enough time)" -- tjentzsch. "Once I worked out how to load the game (thanks to the lack of any instructions), I discovered a fairly good puzzle game. The time limit is too tight, though." -- nich. "Not bad" -- pieffe. "Adds an interesting twist to those kind of games, it's only flaw is that the controls seem to be a bit too touchy..." -- manuel_rotschkar. "Nice graphics and presentation." -- cador.

13. Anno Domini Score: 6.45 with 20 votes Author: Jonathan Cauldwell Platform: Spectrum Category: 4k "Very ambitious game. I can't imagine this one not ending up in the top 5. Congratulations!" -- Csabo. "I won't vote for my own game." -- Jonathan. "I don't like to play this kind of games, as they need too time. But the implementation is good." -- ice00. "Probably a good game, but I don't have time to get into it." -- Executioner. "Sorry, didn't get it (no vote)" -- tjentzsch. "Cramming Civilization into 4K was always going to be difficult, and unfortunately it hasn't worked out. There's too combat involved and it soon becomes cumbersome to play." -- nich. "Incredible! Amazingly complete strategy game at an unbelievable size! I did look and no wonder, it was in assembly. It was initially hard to learn but once you did, I'm still amazed!" -- Anara. "Nice conversion. learning the keys was not easy." -- newcoleco. "Incredible Civ clone, but the user interface is too frustrating (maybe 15 years ago it would have been fine)" -- pieffe. "Excellent - a very ambitious attempt at Civilization with a great degree of success" -- love_policeman. "Uihja, Civilisation in 4K. Somehow impressive, yet I never was a big Civilisation fan in the first place..." -- manuel_rotschkar. "Technically impressive but nowhere near as fun as AP4000 due to the turn-based nature and clunky (you said it :) ) controls..." -- GOC. "Decent in some ways, but going through the units to find the ones you want to move gets very tedious." -- rus. "Magnificient! I wish the interface were less cumbersome, but that's understandable considering the memory limitations." -- cador.

14. 4KQIX Score: 6.43 with 21 votes Author: Stephane Geley Platform: Oric Category: 4k "Plays well, but could have used better gfx. No score is a turn-off, there's no incentive to reach for higher percents, just clear the levels and that's it." -- Csabo. "Quite addictive, scoring would be nice." -- Jonathan. "I always like this simple game" -- ice00. "Quite good, but not really 4K worth?" -- Executioner. "Minimal graphics and sound, boxing algorithm buggy!" -- tjentzsch. "A wonderfully addictive version of Qix. Who needs fancy graphics and sound effects when you've got gameplay as good as this?" -- nich. "Odd rules cmp. to original, but fun." -- carlsson. "I always loved Qix game, and I think that this particular one is nice to play, even in text mode !" -- Dbug. "Not amazing, but at least original for the compo" -- pieffe. "This Volfied clone is quite interesting. However, the game is a bit too easy - you should try to add some AI to the worm and spark." -- GOC.

15. Sub Destroyer Score: 6.39 with 31 votes Author: Geir Straume Platform: Commodore 64 Category: 4k "Fitting gfx and sound, high technical skill. The gameplay is okay too, but not great. The game would have had the same impact with hires subs and no sprites on the border, and you could have used that space to do something "extra". Overall a solid entry." -- Csabo. "Good graphics; removed side borders are cool but seem like a lot of effort for little return, and I would have preferred more 'game'." -- Wyndex. "Very simple but not bad at all. Liked the presentation." -- Jonathan. "nice game; maybe some music give better presentation; however here is a nice big presentation screen" -- ice00. "Nice implementation. Pitty the original game is boring." -- Executioner. "Very simple gameplay and graphics, absolutely no variations or extras" -- tjentzsch. "Enjoyable to play at first - the sound effects are particularly good - but it's too easy. Having fewer mines available would make it more challenging." -- nich. "Very good one !" -- Dbug. "IMO, the best C64 game, with the best playability." -- pieffe. "simply but very playable" -- maggio. "Very good - slick presentation, and good gameplay. Why does the mine appear from above the ship though when you fire ?" -- love_policeman. "like the sprites...a little limited gameplay wise." -- kirkjerk. "I'm very thankful for this entry as it proves that the Atari 2600 VCS is superior to a C64 :-p" -- manuel_rotschkar. "A highly polished remake of an arcade classic. It would have been nice if more was added to the gameplay of the original version. The mines are also difficult to see for some emulator users...." -- GOC. "Very good presentation. I liked the title screen and the new font." -- cador.

16. 4KFIRE Score: 6.26 with 19 votes Author: Stephane Geley Platform: Oric Category: 4k "Plays well, nice retro feel." -- Csabo. "Initially funny, but quickly became boring." -- Jonathan. "nice game and graphics" -- ice00. "This game is taking part in the wrong compo ;D" -- lucaoffire. "Fun for a while. Great retro hand-held feel." -- Executioner. "Ok for a Game&Watch game, but IMO more a 1K candidate" -- tjentzsch. "Another great Game & Watch game to complement last year's 4KKONG. It lacks action at first, but it becomes frantic later on! I like the fire effect on the title screen as well, even it looks rather crude." -- nich. "Inspired by 4KKong ?" -- Dbug. "nice handheld feeling. But..." -- pieffe. "The game is kinda cute but it gets quite monotonous after a while." -- GOC.

17. Tetrinet Score: 6.24 with 17 votes Author: Ricardo Bittencourt Platform: MSX Category: 4k "The game is cool, but the 2pl only plays against it!" -- lucaoffire. "Looks good. Needs repeat on down keys. Music good. Pitty it's ONLY 2 player." -- Executioner. "For two players only, hard to evaluate for me. And then it is just another Tetris variation." -- tjentzsch. "I should find someone else to play this game... :-)" -- pieffe. "sorry, too much of a pain...why not also distribute as disk image? still looks like a neat idea" -- kirkjerk. "Tetris again..." -- manuel_rotschkar.

18. INV+ Score: 6.20 with 25 votes Author: Erik Mooney Platform: Atari 2600 Category: 4k "Well done, I especially liked the large numbers for score." -- Csabo. "I play a lot with this game. good " -- ice00. "Does it really require 4K?" -- Executioner. "Very faithful Spave Invaders game play, graphics blocky but they do the job, minimal sound" -- tjentzsch. "Since this was a remake, I compared it to the original Space Invaders. Using the background graphics for the aliens is an original idea, but I perfer the 9 alien Atari remake. Background graphics are just too boxy. The sound was good, but could have been better (more white noise on player shots, and the bonus ship kill sound was off.) Otherwise, a good invaders clone, and still better than the original Atari 6 alien implementation. Graphics: 7 SoundFx: 6 Gameplay: 6 Longevity: 4 Originality NA" -- TROGDOR. "Great fun, but very difficult, especially in one-player mode, and why are the aliens just coloured blocks?" -- nich. "I don't like to shot, wait for half and hour, and: yes! i can shot again! not for me, but it's good remake. Seven." -- mika. "this looks like a simple invaders game..." -- pieffe. "Pretty good attempt at full Space Invaders game, but lacks a little something. " -- love_policeman. "great overcoming of atari limitations, and cool to see all those invaders, though not so original" -- kirkjerk. "Plays pretty well. I actually like the abstract graphics." -- Aaron. "Ok, they're not looking like Aliens. But try doing it better on a machine with 2(!) sprites! The playability is brilliant. Wonderful attention to detail, arcade perfect." -- manuel_rotschkar. "Frankly, apart from the # of invaders, it's not very different from the original Atari Invaders..." -- GOC.

19. Tarkus 4K Score: 6.14 with 29 votes Author: Richard Bayliss Platform: Commodore 64 Category: 4k "Nice graphics and music, but gameplay won't keep the players interested for a long time. After a while the enemy ships seem to avoid the middle area?" -- Csabo. "Yup, it's a Richard/TND game :)." -- Wyndex. "Slightly repetitive." -- Jonathan. "another right mix of good graphics and music" -- ice00. "Good graphics. Music good but repetetive. Is there more than 1 level?" -- Executioner. "I want a GAME! And not just an interactive music demo. ;-)" -- tjentzsch. "Nice graphics and music, but it's rather difficult, and the enemy 'planes seem to congregate in the top and bottom sections of the screen." -- nich. "Good music, good graphics." -- Povi. "Sometimes I exploded, but didn't saw why ???" -- Dbug. "Not bad. But still not very playable." -- pieffe. "Very good graphics but unplayable!!!" -- maggio. "Great presentation here. It's a bit repetitive though." -- Aaron. "good music, but too easy to die and not realize it, couldn't get very into it" -- kirkjerk. "Generic shmup with nice music." -- manuel_rotschkar. "Getting there but the "demo:game" ratio is still not satisfactory. Needs more gameplay, and an shields/energy feature so that the game doesn't end that abruptly when you make a mistake." -- GOC. "Nice" -- artaburu. "Very interesting side scroller." -- cador.

20. NeSnake Score: 6.00 with 19 votes Author: Matrixz Platform: NES Category: 4k "good graphics and effect. I like the various different level" -- ice00. "Very good for a Snake clone." -- Executioner. "Some nice variations to a very old idea, still remains a very old idea..." -- tjentzsch. "the snake is a little bit slow, good gfx, and levels, but no music!" -- Povi. "As snake-type games go, it is a really good one. But at 4k, I've seen a snake variation done in 1k before. This game is more frosting than cake." -- Anara. "DIfficult to understand the directions of the flashing arrow" -- pieffe. "Loses some points for lack of originality, but not bad otherwise." -- Aaron. "Here it comes again... Well, thank heavens the author has thrown in a bunch of new ideas and designed some really nasty levels..." -- manuel_rotschkar.

21. B.A.R.F. Score: 5.96 with 23 votes Author: Dinu Cristian Mircea Platform: Spectrum 128k Category: 4k "Not bad, but the high difficulty level is a turn-off." -- Csabo. "Frustratingly difficult to hit the aliens, but that works in the game's favour." -- Jonathan. "a goood classical space game" -- ice00. "Well presented." -- Executioner. "Nice and colorful shooter with some good variations, level 3 scoring seems quite random" -- tjentzsch. "A rather nice shoot-'em-up. I liked the way that three different styles of gameplay were packed into 4K." -- nich. "I preferred last year's zblastSD, but good quality indeed!" -- pieffe. "Good Old shot'm'up! " -- maggio. "Good attempt at Gorf - slightly let down by jerky graphics which hampers gameplay a little - Nice though." -- love_policeman. "Cool starfield and explosions, impressive adaption of Gorf!" -- manuel_rotschkar. "I hope it's less crap than AJ.... :D" -- GOC.

22. SOKOBAN Score: 5.93 with 14 votes Author: Povazsay Zoltan Platform: Enterprise128 Category: 4k "Ügyes! " -- Csabo. "Not bad, but for 4K of Z80 it should have sound and better animation." -- Executioner. "No animation, no sound, some extras would be nice (e.g. minimal moves per level)" -- tjentzsch. "You put 45 levels in 4k. Well done" -- pieffe. "Pretty solid version of Sokoban. Level skip and undo are good features to have." -- Aaron. "Sokoban...eh. But attractive graphics." -- kirkjerk. "Nice but not exactly revolutionary..." -- GOC.

23. MazezaM Score: 5.90 with 21 votes Author: drHirudo Platform: Apple ][ Category: 4k "The implementation is okay for this type of game. I usually love these puzzles, but found MazezaM frustrating..." -- Csabo. "Not bad, but too hard for me. Couldn't get past level 3." -- Executioner. "Nice, original(?) gameplay idea, graphics a bit too tiny" -- tjentzsch. "Well, it's as good as the original version of the same author :)" -- Dbug. "Cute and Addictive." -- Anara. "I saw your Coleco version, I could help you if you want." -- newcoleco. "Nice puzzle" -- pieffe. "Not bad...but tough! Cute details with the little man." -- kirkjerk. "Good, original puzzle game. Didn't finish it though." -- Aaron. "Brilliant and fresh game principle. Best Apple 2 contest entry ever!" -- manuel_rotschkar.

24. JoustPong Score: 5.89 with 27 votes Author: Kirk Israel Platform: Atari 2600 Category: 4k "Nice tune, well done game. It's cool that you can sum up the gameplay in 10 words :-)" -- Csabo. "pong is always pong. This is a good one" -- ice00. "Is it actually possible to hit the ball?" -- Executioner. "Very original concept (three? games in one!), good AI, simple graphics, some extras are missing" -- tjentzsch. "I did not play this game because that would be a violation of Infogrames copyright. But, if I hypothetically would have played this game, I would have said it was a fun and original game that does a good job of integrating 2 different game styles. The Pterodactyl animation and sound are perfect, and the Poorlords feature is a nice touch. One issue is allowing sharp angles on the ball after a score. That part was frustrating. Graphics: 8 SoundFx: 7 Gameplay: 8 Longevity: 7 Originality: 7" -- TROGDOR. "Too hard in the difficult mode and too easy in the easy mode! Pong has been done to death, and there's no need for yet another version of it." -- nich. "Really difficult to move bat." -- carlsson. "Too hard for me... controls are a bit slow. I give 3." -- mika. "Name sounds chaotic but I like the game." -- Anara. "nice variation of a boring game" -- pieffe. "Great Idea!!" -- maggio. "Original idea - hard to master - Fun for a while" -- love_policeman. "(it's my own game, but with [stella] lists help, it really turned into a fun, subtley complicated deathmatch)" -- kirkjerk. "Definetely an improvement over the 1K version." -- manuel_rotschkar. "Finally, something more original... Well done. The gravity seems a bit too high, though..." -- GOC.

25. 4KBOX Score: 5.80 with 20 votes Author: Stephane Geley Platform: Oric Category: 4k "No documentation for this or any of your games? Sure, it's easy enough to figure out the controls, but you could have wrote something. The game is okay, but since there's no scoring, not even measure the number of moves, it's sort of pointless." -- Csabo. "Lots of levels, if rather small." -- Jonathan. "maybe a score and some lifes will made this a bit interesting. However with this system we can play all the levels" -- ice00. "Challenging puzzles. Not a bad game." -- Executioner. "Many levels, but very minimal graphics" -- tjentzsch. "How can you fit 82 levels into 4K? This is a challenging little puzzle game. I particularly like the ability to start on any level and have as many goes as you want." -- nich. "Many levels, but simple graphics, and no undo." -- Povi. "A standard sokoban clone, with a lot of levels." -- Dbug. "82 levels are good. But can you restart a level once you get into a deadlock?" -- pieffe. "A fine conversion, I guess... But it does have a strong 1K feeling and perhaps it could have been 1K with some nifty level compression scheme." -- GOC.

26. Master of Arcturus Score: 5.74 with 23 votes Author: TROGDOR Platform: Atari 2600 Category: 4k "I would have preferred a more accessible documentation format. With such a complex game, documentation is essential." -- Csabo. "I don't made fun with the gameeven if it is good" -- ice00. "Not my type of game." -- Executioner. "Interesting concept, good controls, but the essential gameplay is a bit unbalanced (IMO its impossible to win the higher levels)" -- tjentzsch. "Interesting game" -- pieffe. "A classic! Not very original but very good retrogame" -- maggio. "Ambitious! But too confusing for me to really wrestle with..." -- kirkjerk. "Awesome!" -- Aaron. "Brilliant! A Realtime strategy game on the VCS!" -- manuel_rotschkar. "Amazing technical feat given the limitations of the 2600, but this type of game would be better brought to its full potential on another machine." -- GOC.

27. Mini Columns Score: 5.74 with 23 votes Author: Raul Simarro Platform: Amstrad CPC Category: 4k "Good, but the aspect ratio makes it somewhat difficult to play." -- Csabo. "Fun for a while." -- Jonathan. "Quite addictive and playable." -- Executioner. "Not Columns again! :-) Anyway, nice graphics, but too slow and easy. Also a 1K candidate." -- tjentzsch. "A fairly good version of Columns, although the speed doesn't increase as you progress, unlike most games of this nature." -- nich. "Was it not supposed to be a 1k game ?" -- Dbug. "One one level and no special items?" -- pieffe. "solid conversion, not much flare" -- kirkjerk. "Decent version of Columns, but not particularly exciting." -- Aaron. "Solid port of Segas answer to Tetris" -- manuel_rotschkar. "The implementation leaves something to be desired, and no new features are added to this extremely cloned classic idea." -- GOC.

28. 4KRoids Score: 5.59 with 22 votes Author: Richard Wilson Platform: Amstrad CPC Category: 4k "Still plays well (like back in 2002), but it's not much as a 4K game." -- Csabo. "Good for 1.5K, would be interested in seeing a version which makes full use of 4K." -- Jonathan. "Starts way too slow and easy, no extras, fits better into the 1K category" -- tjentzsch. "With the addition of a score, levels and a futuristic font, this is much better than its predecessor, but it's a shame that most of the 4K limit is unused." -- nich. "Yes asteroids, again but it is a good version." -- Anara. "Not a big improvement from the 1k version" -- pieffe. "not bad but lacks details" -- kirkjerk. "Nearly impossible to play, way too choppy." -- Aaron. "Gets an extra point, just because Asteroids is one of my all-time favourites ;-)" -- manuel_rotschkar. "A decent Asteroids clone but somewhat lacking in new features." -- GOC.

29. Egg Catcher 4K Score: 5.52 with 29 votes Author: Richard Bayliss Platform: Commodore 64 Category: 4k "The gameplay makes you dizzy after a while, it's very repetitive. Nice tune though." -- Csabo. "Good tune, but no 'game' -- sync the basket with the chicken and you can go forever." -- Wyndex. "Very easy to mirror the movements of the guy at the top and collect all the eggs. Try varying his speed perhaps?" -- Jonathan. "too many ripetitive; maybe some power up to catch (e.g slow up man for some seconds) may made this better" -- ice00. "Like the music, graphics ok, quite fun." -- Executioner. "Nice music again, but the Kaboom! -like gameplay is very weak. " -- tjentzsch. "Not the most original entry, but the cheerful and bouncy music is the main reason why I like this game so much." -- nich. "the best music of the compo" -- Povi. "Catchy music, but not much of a game unfortunately." -- gest. "Looks like abducted, but with an inversed gameplay :(" -- Dbug. "Good music, few of the rest." -- pieffe. "boring game" -- maggio. "great music! but not great gameplay...the chicken moves so boringly! Nice 2 tone sprites" -- kirkjerk. "Nice music." -- Aaron. "Cool music again, but unfortunately not much gameplay again, too." -- manuel_rotschkar. "Very nice music!!" -- artaburu. "Good graphics & music, well-presented but the game is too repetitive." -- cador.

30. Cube Score: 5.50 with 16 votes Author: Fabrice Frances Platform: Oric Category: 4k "Unique concept. Can't say that I liked it much." -- Csabo. "I'm not able to go over the "What is your name?" question" -- ice00. "Nice idea. Pitty I'm not a great text adventure fan." -- Executioner. "Great idea, addictive, good atmosphere, best text adventure ever in this compo! My favourite!" -- tjentzsch. "Concentrates too much on fitting lots of dialogue into 4K (which is admittedly quite impressive) instead of writing a decent text adventure." -- nich. "The "Game over" made me laugh." -- carlsson. "Nice idea, immersive story." -- Dbug. "WOW!" -- pieffe. "The game seems to have something to offer, but the first impression is very bad (the sci-fi bit seems slightly awkward) and few are willing to invest much time in this." -- GOC.

31. Backfire Score: 5.25 with 20 votes Author: Chad Lare Platform: Atari 2600 Category: 4k "Not bad, I liked the concept of the two opposite cannons. A game over message would have been nice, at first I didn't understand why my cannons are still moving but I can no longer shoot." -- Csabo. "the first game of this type I play on. Good" -- ice00. "Interesting Concept, a bit simple for 4K though." -- Executioner. "Interesting, new concept that misses some tweaks, average graphics, difficulty doesn't ramp up very good" -- tjentzsch. "Suggestion to the author: do not deliver your instructions in Microsoft Word format. I don't own Microsoft Word, so I couldn't view the instructions. Decent titlescreen, could use a brief title song. The sound Fx were okay. Gameplay had some originality to it. I understand the need for the random player movement when the attack ship is on the bottom row, but it was still frustrating. Otherwise, gameplay was decent. Graphics: 6 SoundFx: 6 Gameplay: 6 Longevity: 5 Originality: 7" -- TROGDOR. "I didn't find this entertaining at all. It's really difficult to see the bullets you're firing." -- nich. "Hard to see the bullets, difficult in general" -- pieffe. "a little bit slow paced. conceptually neat, a little like Atlantis, not a lot of bells and whistles." -- kirkjerk. "Can't get warm with this, sorry..." -- manuel_rotschkar. "As with most Atari 2600 games, simple but fun gameplay. It's a bit too hard though..." -- GOC.

32. Abducted Score: 5.22 with 32 votes Author: Richard Bayliss Platform: Commodore 64 Category: 4k "The gfx and music are nice. The gameplay is too easy and gets boring very quickly." -- Csabo. "Too simplistic for me I'm afraid." -- Jonathan. "very nice long music. Game simple but to play for some times" -- ice00. "Good graphics and sound, but very simple gameplay." -- Executioner. "Good soundtrack, but then the game lacks a lot." -- tjentzsch. "It seems that a lot more effort was concentrated on creating nice graphics and banging techno music than interesting gameplay." -- nich. "Super music, good gfx!" -- Povi. "Graphics are ok, tune is ok, but there's no gameplay. Or I didn't find it ?" -- Dbug. "Good music and graphics, few of the rest." -- pieffe. "very good graphic, but boring." -- maggio. "Nicely presented but lacking depth" -- love_policeman. "Nice music...game play too limited though...and only one "life"?" -- kirkjerk. "Pretty well-made, but it's not much of a game..." -- Aaron. "Cool music, but unfortunately not much gameplay" -- manuel_rotschkar. "The gameplay is way too simple. You really should concentrate less on music and more on the actual game." -- GOC. "Great graphics and presentation but the concept is too simple to keep you interested for long-term play." -- cador.

33. Vladimira Score: 4.94 with 17 votes Author: Bohumil Pesek Platform: Spectrum Category: 4k "good implementation. More sound effect will made this more interesting" -- ice00. "Quite good for BASIC, but a bit slow to control." -- Executioner. "Too slow and unresponding?!?" -- carlsson. "Not too bad, ut could have been better" -- pieffe. "The best RPG this year!" -- manuel_rotschkar. "An interesting accomplishment, but more could have been done if it was all machine-code." -- GOC. "Very good RPG! I like the multi-monster combat concept and also the clues you can find while visiting the towns." -- cador.

34. Vicside Boxing Score: 4.91 with 23 votes Author: Ghislain de Blois Platform: VIC-20 Category: 4k "Definitely breaks away from tradition. The overall goal of the game is somewhat unclear." -- Csabo. "The "type-in programs from RUN nostalgia factor" gives it a boost, and it's kinda funky, but as always I need more game." -- Wyndex. "Interesting concept. The interaction was a little difficult to get used to at first, but I enjoyed it." -- Denial. "not find the right way to made fun with this game" -- ice00. "Not particularly inspiring. Where's the instructions?" -- Executioner. "Nice simulation, graphics a bit too simple. I miss some extras (e.g. training)" -- tjentzsch. "Not much (inter)action." -- carlsson. "Not normally my kind of game but the strategic element is interesting. They never made games like this for the Vic in the 80's." -- Anara. "Too bad you are neally in control of the boxer" -- pieffe. "Interesting idea, but not much to do for the player." -- manuel_rotschkar. "Quite interesting, a complex logical game. Nice..." -- GOC.

35. blockhead Score: 4.75 with 12 votes Author: proppy & tet Platform: master system Category: 4k "good graphics and nice idea" -- ice00. "Pretty good. Like the graphics. Is there any sound?" -- Executioner. "Unfinished waste of time! Why???" -- tjentzsch. "I don't feel like I should evaluate an unfinished game" -- pieffe. "Seems like a good concept, but obviously needs some work." -- Aaron. "Unfinished, no rating." -- manuel_rotschkar.

36. B-Venture Score: 4.42 with 24 votes Author: Paul Panks Platform: Commodore 64 Category: 4k "Can be finished in matter of minutes. The code could be much optimized. You could have done a lot better from 4k!" -- Csabo. "maybe trying to use the free space for some sound or graphics effect will made this more interesting" -- ice00. "Not a great adventure game fan." -- Executioner. "More a parser demo than a real game." -- tjentzsch. "Far too easy to complete, and I don't understand why you must type (for instance) GO NORTH instead of N." -- nich. "Damned dragon, it killed me !" -- Dbug. "Relatively simple to finish but considering that you actually have to do battle with monsters is an unusual plus. The 1st adventure in a decade I actually wanted to finish." -- Anara. "I'm not a fan of this kind of game, but you did a good optimisation job" -- newcoleco. "I am too much used to commands N S E W U D. Typing GO NORTH is so boring..." -- pieffe. "Fair, but doesn't really grab the attention" -- love_policeman. "Cute to have such a tiny disk image, but...eh. Frustrating that old text adventure shortcuts like "N" and "S" don't work " -- kirkjerk. "Very, very short. Took me 3 minutes to beat it. No interaction, no story, no riddles..." -- manuel_rotschkar. "Interesting game, but it was too easy to solve. A little bit of word-wrapping and more spacing would have made it easier to read." -- cador.

37. Smash Score: 4.31 with 16 votes Author: Daniel Bienvenu Platform: Colecovision Category: 4k "No onscreen score. Ball direction doesn't vary by hit position. Could have been done in 1K?" -- Executioner. "No extras and variations, would be ok as an 1K game, if there would be some scoring" -- tjentzsch. "Almost unplayable game, not acceptable from a 4k game" -- pieffe. "This really could use some more work." -- Aaron. "a little pedestrian, with choppy animation and not enough bouncing angles. Bricks are kind of nifty." -- kirkjerk. "Might be the start of a good game..." -- manuel_rotschkar.

38. West Gun Score: 3.95 with 19 votes Author: Sergio Vaquer Platform: Spectrum Category: 4k "It's a shame Sinclair BASIC wasn't really designed for this sort of game, but I have played worse commercial efforts. Graphics aren't bad." -- Jonathan. "nice idea, but it is hard to follow the bandit" -- ice00. "Doesn't look bad, but the keys don't seem to work." -- Executioner. "Very repetitive, aiming cursor is much too slow, not much fun" -- tjentzsch. "It's not bad considering it's written in BASIC, but it's repetitive and I soon found it boring." -- nich. "Decent BASIC game, but not really..." -- pieffe. "I love the wild West theme, but unfortunately this isn't very playable." -- manuel_rotschkar. "Well... it's.... nice... but to even hope for a decent place you really must start learning machine code !" -- GOC. "Great Job!!!" -- artaburu.

39. Card Sharks Score: 3.90 with 31 votes Author: Todd Elliott Platform: Commodore 64 Category: 4k "You were "not in the mood" to bring the game under 1K? Then why didn't you add features or improve the game? It's buggy (the player disappears after losing a life), the controls are somewhat difficult (can't fire without moving)." -- Csabo. "With a decent randomly generated multi screen maze this would work well. Needs an extra collision detection check in the main loop." -- Jonathan. "cards are very fast, but the idea is good. Music will made this better" -- ice00. "Very simple game, should be in 1K category" -- Executioner. "Too simple, I know the C64 can do *much* better." -- tjentzsch. "Very primitive graphics and gameplay, and the collision detection seems to be very poor indeed." -- nich. "Difficult and boring. Very hard to hit a target." -- pieffe. "to much fast, flashing sprites, good for 1k..." -- maggio. "Fair - impressive alien movement, but player sluggish. Doesn't really stand out." -- love_policeman. "Heheh! this is the game I would've tried to make, but BASIC wasn't fast enough. Bonus points for that, and cute use of characters w/ card theme, points off for no sound, onscreen score...." -- kirkjerk. "Too primitive and simple. No GFX/SFX" -- manuel_rotschkar. "You're right - it should have been 1K :). The enemies also wobble too much - some trajectory smoothing (maybe even AI) could have easily been added..." -- GOC. "Good for a first ML effort, but you can't see the position of the player after losing a life." -- cador.

40. The Driving Game Score: 3.86 with 29 votes Author: Darren Foulds Platform: Commodore 64 Category: 4k "Without scoring, it becomes boring very quickly. I have a feeling this could have been squeezed into 1K." -- Csabo. "This would make a challenging 1K game. On-screen scoring and a high score are features I'd expect to see in 4K." -- Jonathan. " playing a lot for finding the end. Music or more car control can make better" -- ice00. "Too simple for 4K, should be 1K" -- Executioner. "Are you serious???" -- tjentzsch. "Looks more like a 1K game with its appalling graphics and lack of sound, and I managed to complete it on my first go." -- nich. "very primitive" -- Povi. "Technically not impressive" -- pieffe. "Very nice game, good speed, only...the graphics can be more rich on C64!" -- maggio. "very limited, and tough not in a fun way" -- kirkjerk. "BASIC?" -- manuel_rotschkar. "too easy ans short" -- artaburu. "An interesting variation on an old classic." -- cador.

41. gridOric Score: 3.53 with 17 votes Author: Norayr Chilingaryan Platform: Oric Category: 4k "It does what you intended, but this feels more like a utility to me than a game." -- Csabo. "An odd submission." -- Jonathan. "don't enjoy the game, even if it is good implemented" -- ice00. "Not really a game, and I would have thought 1K would pull it up." -- Executioner. "Works, but not a game" -- tjentzsch. "What is this doing in the Minigame competition? It isn't a game at all!" -- nich. "Is this a game ? I don't vote, just let a comment, because I've no idea of which note I could put there" -- Dbug. "Too easy, and not very interesting" -- pieffe. "Interesting, I guess.... but not really a game." -- GOC.

42. Automaton Score: 3.35 with 17 votes Author: Derek Ledbetter Platform: Atari 2600 Category: 4k "Interesting idea, but not really a game, is it?" -- Csabo. "not find the right way to enjoy the game" -- ice00. "This isn't a game (4K?). Where's the 0 vote again?" -- Executioner. "Not really a game, yet I played around a little bit, very simple graphics, no sound" -- tjentzsch. "If you thought the set of Atari 2600 enthusisiasts was small, try the union of the set of Atari 2600 enthusiasts with the set of math majors. I gave this game high points on originaliality, but I had to blast it on everything else, because, well, the gameplay was lacking ;). I would've given a higher score if this were a 1K ROM, and if I was a math major. Still, a unique and interesting application for the Atari. Graphics: 2 SoundFx: 0 Gameplay: 2 Longevity: 1 Originality: 9" -- TROGDOR. "The organisers think this is suitable for the Minigame competition. Well, they're wrong!" -- nich. "No vote because this is not really a game" -- pieffe. "Not a great game, but geekily very interesting....maybe some cool presets would be nice?" -- kirkjerk. "Interesting, but no game :-)" -- manuel_rotschkar. "Interesting idea... but this isn't a game." -- GOC.

1k Game Results

1. Cave 1K Score: 7.68 with 22 votes Author: Thomas Jentzsch Platform: Atari 2600 Category: 1k "Okay gameplay, nice graphics." -- Csabo. "good graphics, animation and movement. I like it" -- ice00. "Very nice." -- Executioner. "Does your finger still hurt? ;-) (no vote)" -- tjentzsch. "This is a great 1K game! The graphics are very nice, especially the helicopter. The sound Fx are good for 1K, and work well with the gameplay. The controls are simple, but challenging. The progessive difficulty over time, and the implementation of the difficulty switches, adds nicely to gameplay. High score retention is also well implemented. Graphics: 8 SoundFx: 7 Gameplay: 7 Longevity: 7 Originality: 8" -- TROGDOR. "A throughly enjoyable game to play. Good graphics and addictive gameplay with just the right level of difficulty to make you want to have one more go." -- nich. "An excellent minigame. It's simple, fun and really has the "just one more go" feel." -- gest. "Almost brilliant, and for just 1k it's brilliant. I don't think it's good idea for making 1k games for 2600, but 10 anyway." -- mika. "I'm a sucker for games like this and 1k !" -- Anara. "not bad" -- pieffe. "A very nicely presented game for 1K. Nice graphics and movement - recommended" -- love_policeman. "lovely amount of detail for a 1K game! Good port." -- kirkjerk. "Very colorful and isn't the heli a beauty?" -- manuel_rotschkar. "Good graphics for a 2600 game, and the gameplay is less boring than I'd have expected..." -- GOC.

2. Splatform 2600 Score: 7.29 with 21 votes Author: Thomas Jentzsch Platform: Atari 2600 Category: 1k "Splatform is splatform but with Sid was better. Here graphics is however good" -- ice00. "Not bad, but not as good as the original C64 version. Lack of music." -- Executioner. "Thanks Robin! (no vote)" -- tjentzsch. "A fine Atari 1K game. The game is simple, but fun and original. The best part is the animation on the face. It has a nice 3D feel the way the face moves. It makes the player seem round. I tend to not like games with subtracting scores though. Nice physics on the ball. Graphics: 8 SoundFx: 7 Gameplay: 8 Longevity: 7 Originality: 7" -- TROGDOR. "An incredibly addictive yet frustrating game. A great conversion of the winning entry for a previous Minigame competition, and it deserves to do well this year!" -- nich. "A good conversion of the C64 original." -- gest. "Nothing special for me. But not that bad. And fast! Six." -- mika. "wow, more addictive than the original game" -- pieffe. "Enjoyable, if slightly unoriginal, game. I've seen many worse commercial titles - this moves and plays just right. Excellent." -- love_policeman. "well done...but what's Toto's color mean?" -- kirkjerk. "Excellent port!" -- manuel_rotschkar. "Wonderful implementation, but the gameplay could have done with more elements. Still, for 1K, it's quite an achievement." -- GOC. "Even more technically impressive than the original, and I actually prefer this version." -- rus.

3. Vuokatti Score: 7.12 with 26 votes Author: Aleksi Eeben Platform: VIC-20 Category: 1k "Very nicely done, surprisingly challenging. Too bad the little guy didn't learn to ski straight down, but perhaps that would have made the game too easy." -- Csabo. "Impressive as always for 1k; a little more 'game' and I would be very happy." -- Wyndex. "Those bumps are dangerous! And where's Horace?" -- Jonathan. "very good big graphics. Movement control could be better, but however it nice" -- ice00. "What about the straight direction?" -- lucaoffire. "Not bad, but too hard to control. Looks good." -- Executioner. "Fun little game, good graphics, highscore, some more sound effects would have bene nice" -- tjentzsch. "Rather similar to last year's effort, Tammerfors, but unfortunately not as good; it's too easy." -- nich. "That skier looks cool! Eight." -- mika. "This game is also simple but still requires a level of dexterity. I loved the graphics though, unbelievable for a 1k game." -- Anara. "Impressive for the vic. Is that so much different from Tammerfors?" -- pieffe. "Fantastic Graphics in only 1K!!!" -- maggio. "A great game - better than Horace Goes Skiing! Excellent graphics and scrolling. Is this really done in 1K???!!" -- love_policeman. "Yeehaa! Finally a sports game for the VIC-20! And a very good one as well!" -- manuel_rotschkar. "It's cute but it needs more variation..." -- GOC. "Genial as ever" -- gaia. "Great graphics, I wish the sound was a bit louder." -- cador.

4. DontPanic Score: 6.47 with 17 votes Author: Jonathan Bristow Platform: Oric Category: 1k "First rate. The amount crammed into 1K is impressive." -- Jonathan. "perfect implementation of a good game" -- ice00. "Good game. Good variation on Tetris-style game." -- Executioner. "1K? Wow! Nice graphics (though the two black, round objects look too similar), good controls, difficulty starts too easy and progresses way too slow. It's the shifting option which makes the game too easy. I suggest the blocks should fall down one row, when you change the direction." -- tjentzsch. "A mediocre Columns clone. It's too easy, and the game doesn't seem to remove multiple columns and rows in one go. The waterfall effect in the background is nice, though." -- nich. "MUCH disturbing animated graphics - a "clean" version would score better!" -- carlsson. "That one is really cool, hard to believe it all fit in 1k !" -- Dbug. "Nice the idea of some rolling objects. But not smooth and too easy" -- pieffe. "Not exactly a revolutionary idea, but it's very cute and well implemented (1K, wow!). Well done :)" -- GOC.

5. Microdash Score: 6.25 with 16 votes Author: LordChaos Platform: Atari 800 Category: 1k "Couldn't get a single diamond, but looks quite nice." -- Executioner. "Well done, some minimal animations, quite hard, controls could be a bit better (especially around corners)" -- tjentzsch. "Fitting a Boulderdash clone with three levels into 1K is an achievement, and the result is not too bad, but the time limit on the third level is really small!" -- nich. "Odd gravity of the stones." -- carlsson. "Not enough time !!!" -- Dbug. "Nice action puzzle" -- pieffe. "Amazing work in 1K. Correct boulder physics, colorful diamonds, good SFX. Too bad it only has 3 levels, I want more! ;-)" -- manuel_rotschkar.

6. Falldown Forever Score: 5.85 with 20 votes Author: Bohumil Pesek Platform: Spectrum Category: 1k "Lacks a little long-term appeal but well presented." -- Jonathan. "very, very good for 1K" -- ice00. "Nice implementation in 1K." -- Executioner. "Good idea, graphics average, lacks variations (e.g scoring options) and games of that type IMO absolutely need a highscore" -- tjentzsch. "A simple but addictive game. I like the shadows and the rainbow effect on the menu!" -- nich. "nice chrset, ball, and shadows" -- Povi. "Simple, but fun for a while." -- gest. "Not bad, but crash'n'dive is better" -- pieffe. "Fun for a short while. Well presented for 1K" -- love_policeman. "Variant on a theme." -- manuel_rotschkar. "Very cool looks... but the game iself becomes tedious after a while..." -- GOC.

7. Crash 'n Dive Score: 5.85 with 20 votes Author: Thomas Jentzsch Platform: Atari 2600 Category: 1k "Unique concept, interesting for a while." -- Csabo. "don't make to run as needed.sorry " -- ice00. "Quite enjoyable." -- Executioner. "I hope you got the instructions! :-) (no vote)" -- tjentzsch. "his is another good 1K game. The gameplay is challening and original. I didn't like the scoring system though. Longer survival should translate to a higher score, rather then the impending zero score when the platforms are flying by. Graphics: 7 SoundFx: 6 Gameplay: 7 Longevity: 7 Originality: 7" -- TROGDOR. "Somewhat confusing to play at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's not that bad." -- nich. "interesting concept" -- pieffe. "A little too confusing" -- kirkjerk. "Gets a little bonus for originality, but generally I prefer TJs other 2 submissions." -- manuel_rotschkar. "True to the style of the 2600: a very simple idea, a very fun game." -- GOC.

8. Rocket Boy Score: 5.75 with 16 votes Author: LordChaos Platform: Atari 800 Category: 1k "Not bad at all." -- Executioner. "A bit too slow and not very interesting" -- tjentzsch. "Good graphics, but it's too easy and all the levels look more or less the same." -- nich. "It grabbed my attention." -- Anara. "Not very interesting" -- pieffe. "Good and fun idea, the enemy satellite can be very unfair at times though, especially on the very right border." -- manuel_rotschkar.

9. ZXaction Score: 4.88 with 16 votes Author: Fernando Miguel Barletta Platform: ZX81 Category: 1k "Looks okay, but scoring is really missing. Few minor bugs. It's also somewhat easy." -- Csabo. "A reasonable little 1K shooter." -- Jonathan. "Pretty good, but a little repetetive." -- Executioner. "Minimal gameplay and graphics + no sound and score = no fun!" -- tjentzsch. "A neat concept for the ZX81, but it's too easy and too repetitive - the difficulty seems to stay the same no matter how long you go on for." -- nich. "nice try for a ZX81" -- pieffe. "Not exactly a Zaxxon clone as the up/down movement would have been crucial. A nice try for a 1K game, I guess, but perhaps a bit too simple." -- GOC.

10. AntiISDA Warrior 2 Score: 4.80 with 15 votes Author: Ventzislav Tzvetkov Platform: Oric Category: 1k "Lacks a little action, perhaps if the ships were to move it might be more fun." -- Jonathan. "The 'fire' control made this game interesting. Collision detection of fire/barrier is not so perfect, but game is good." -- ice00. "Looks like it might be good, but keys don't work as per instructions." -- Executioner. "Fun for a few minutes, very repetitive, no score!" -- tjentzsch. "Better than its predecessor, but the lack of any score means that there's little point to the game, and almost no incentive to make you play again." -- nich. "I was not able to move the "cannon" (no vote)" -- Dbug. "Not bad. Nice the idea to avoid the corals by shooting diagonally" -- pieffe. "Well... I can't expect much from a 1K game.... still, a more dynamic playfield would have helped...." -- GOC.

11. Astro Road Score: 4.79 with 14 votes Author: Frantisek Houra Platform: Atari 800 Category: 1k "Well presented, but very simple game." -- Executioner. "The shield adds some depth to a still very simple game, graphics ok" -- tjentzsch. "Another dodge-the-meteors game which quickly becomes boring after a few goes - not an exciting game at all." -- nich. "Didn't understood how to play..." -- Dbug. "Not very interesting" -- pieffe. "Wow, this is beating a 4K game from last year in 1K only!" -- manuel_rotschkar.

12. Juggle81 Score: 4.73 with 15 votes Author: Russell Marks Platform: ZX81 Category: 1k "Authentic feel, brought back nostalgic memories. Not bad!" -- Csabo. "I love the juggler's arms. Nice graphics for a 1K ZX81." -- Jonathan. "Interesting for a few minutes." -- Executioner. "Dead simple, but still somewhat addictive, done well" -- tjentzsch. "too easy" -- Povi. "Awe Yes! As simple of a game as they come but it is fun. I remember playing an old Vic20 version and forgot about it until this game. Really Cute." -- Anara. "easy and not very fun" -- pieffe. "Interesting idea, but, as is the case with most G&W games, the gameplay kinda sucks :)" -- GOC.

13. Ballmaze Score: 4.62 with 16 votes Author: Fernando Miguel Barletta Platform: ZX81 Category: 1k "Enjoyable little game." -- Csabo. "Not too bad. Fairly good fun." -- Executioner. "Very simple, no randomness, still makes some fun, but only for a few minutes" -- tjentzsch. "Not that bad considering it's a ZX81 game, but it didn't really interest me much." -- nich. "not really interesting" -- pieffe. "Not very good. The game is really quite boring." -- GOC.

14. StefaN Score: 4.50 with 12 votes Author: Tomasz Slanina Platform: Gameboy Color Category: 1k "Nice idea, but too hard with only 1 life. Collision detection a bit dodgy." -- Executioner. "Nice, hard Breakout variation, but: "No score, no game!"" -- tjentzsch. "It would be nice if the ball had more directions and not only 45 degrees." -- pieffe.

15. Master Mind deluxe Score: 4.40 with 20 votes Author: Cye Freeman Platform: Atari 2600 Category: 1k "a good work" -- ice00. "Not bad for 1K." -- Executioner. "The colors choosen are not optimal, lacks sound and score" -- tjentzsch. "This is a very impressive 1K implementation. I had a slight problem getting joystick moves to register. Graphics: 9 SoundFx: 0 Gameplay: 7 Longevity: 7 Originality: 7" -- TROGDOR. "I don't see what's so 'deluxe' about this version of Mastermind. The controls are annoyingly unresponsive and some of the colours are difficult to distinguish." -- nich. "sorry, boring..." -- pieffe. "kinda spartan...and would been nice if it dup'd the last row's guesses in the new one..." -- kirkjerk. "Brainjogging..." -- manuel_rotschkar.

16. TargetBlitz_1K Score: 3.88 with 17 votes Author: BlueHawk Platform: NES Category: 1k "not so bad. Play for some times" -- ice00. "I don't get it." -- Executioner. "Interesting concept, that just doesn't work for me." -- tjentzsch. "buggy and not fun" -- pieffe. "Unfinished and buggy." -- manuel_rotschkar.

17. Robbyie Score: 3.83 with 12 votes Author: Ventzislav Tzvetkov Platform: master system Category: 1k "unfortunately we didn't die, so it is too much simple" -- ice00. "Looks good. Pitty it's unfinished. Perhaps a 4K entry for next time." -- Executioner. "Might become fun when it is finished, but now..." -- tjentzsch. "I don't feel like I should evaluate an unfinished game" -- pieffe. "Unfinished, no rating." -- manuel_rotschkar.